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Thiourea aldehyde resin-based carbon/graphene composites for high-performance supercapacitors

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Thiourea aldehyde resin-based heteroatom do** carbon and graphene composites (RHDC/GN) were prepared by an in situ polymerization and carbonization. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) images showed that thiourea aldehyde resin deposited on lamellar GO flakes during the polymerization and RHDC/GN composites had a hierarchical structure. The specific capacitance of the RHDC/GN composites was high up to 355 F g−1, much higher than that of the pure thiourea aldehyde resin-based heteroatom do** carbon (RHDC) with specific capacitance of 135 F g−1 at a current density of 1.0 A g−1 in 6-M KOH electrolyte. And the hetroatoms in RHDC/GN composites increase the specific capacitance, and GN enhances the conductivity of the electrodes which is beneficial to improving electrochemical cycling stability of the electrode significantly. The specific capacitance retains 90.97% after 5000 charge-discharge processes at 10 A g−1, which provides potential as supercapacitors.

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This study was supported by the first batch of Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province (ZR2015BM001) and the Doctoral Startup Foundation of Qilu University of Technology (12042826).

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    Chengshuai Chang, Xuena Yang, Shisen **ang, Haoan Que & Mei Li

  2. Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Processing and Testing Technology of Glass and Functional Ceramics, **an, 250353, People’s Republic of China

    Xuena Yang & Mei Li

  3. Key Laboratory of Amorphous and Polycrystalline Materials, Qilu University of technology, **an, 250353, People’s Republic of China

    Xuena Yang & Mei Li

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Chang, C., Yang, X., **ang, S. et al. Thiourea aldehyde resin-based carbon/graphene composites for high-performance supercapacitors. J Solid State Electrochem 22, 113–121 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10008-017-3733-x

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